Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-10-02
CHAPTER V.
FENIINN BURNS.

For two days / sat ut home or walked
about the Holmbush fields brOOding, The
| Dancing Polly was gone; she was the pTizs
| OF the revenue people. They had not taken
INV little boat might, as Of old, put out
| to sea and dream no longer Of the future,
| but OF the golden past, on the gentle bosom
OF the channel. And Of course there Was
the Chace Mary, which was no good to me.
Forty-eight hours struggle through the
depths of despair brought me 10 the goal
of resigna. Ion which all women after such
mental conflicts reach. Then | began 10
| look about for some way Of passing the
time
! Isaac AQus and his wife would carry on
| the farm The produce of the iaTm-it
was not very muCh--wOuld suffice to keep
] him, his wife and myself That | soon
argued out and represented to the old Ia
boreT, who WAS hard of comprehension,
hut managed to understand at length that
he was to be sole responsible manager for
three years.
This settled, began to think about the
very remarkable and rapid clearance Of the
cargo.
| Or course, ii must have been Joshua
whose step heard in the bay; it must
have been Joshua come down to lend a
| hand il must have been Joshua who cleared
/ the hold; no one else could have done it
Where had he put the cargo?
The arrest took place Mt in the morn
/ ing. When the revenue men came back To
look for their prize it must have been past
;. Four hours 10 move fifty or sixty kegs
/ of brandy, each holding four gallons or so.
For one man, single handed, that is q
heavy Job. 1t wOuld not be possible to
carry the kegs very far.
/ Now, we had half dozen places known
only TO ourselves, in which we could stow
our merchandise. They were scattered
about in the UnderclifT. Some were a
I good half-mile from the bay, one or two
quite close. Joshua, | thought, would
take the nearest of all. This was a place
lying quite close to the path from the bay
| to the farm. To reach it you scramble
over a sloping ledge of loose stones, and
you passed by what seemed to be q tangled
heap of brambles. II You got to the back
of the bushes you saw that they covered
over a natural hollow, a oTt of punch
bowl, which made the most admirable Gel
lar in the world, especially in summer
whea the leaves we're thick
went straight to the spot and pulled
aside the branches. Below me, to my
great Joy | discovered the whole of the
Dancing Polly's last run.
Joshua had put il there-caretul joshua
He had not ventured yet to sell any of it
prudent Joshua! No dOubt he would
account TO Dan on his return for his share
Of the money righteous joshua
Anyhow, whether Joshua did this thing
with q view to his own interest only, OF
not, it WAS QUICKLY done, and well done
! WOmanlike, found y secret, aud | &c
Ijoiced. Who could have laid the infor-
nation? No one but ourselves-of whom
Joshua was one-knew. Now, much As |
dreaded the man for his violence and mas.
terfulneSs, never for one moment sus-
pected Joshua Of this yillainy.
The day after ! made this discovery,
there came to ROuSdOn bay the yourg fel-
low belonging TO Capt PollaTd's company,
Of whom | have already spOken-John
Beer
He was > good natared lad, and had
never ceased TO regret the part he played
in the case. He found me sitting in the
porch looking sadly out to sea, and he sat
down, kindly saying nothing for awhile
That was good of him.
What is it you want with me, John
Beer"
Nothing, "he said.
Then there was no need for me TO say
anything. 40 l went on with my medita-
tons, which where gloomy enough.
THE captain did say" he presently
went on, "he did say that might come
over here and lind out something about
the cargo, if could; and he did say, too,
that he hoped You wouldn't fret and griz-
zle, because there's more comes back than
you'd think, and it is only for three years.
Lord! what's three years 70 chap? Next
door to nothing--and good fun ali the time
7 knocking over the Frenchmen like nine
pins"
/. / made no reply.
About the cargo, Pleasance. It's a
7 sad loss to Us, il that brandyw
"Ye," said; 81 am very glad Won
haven't got it..
"0f course you know where it is" he